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I think Vetalia is like one of the smartest people on NSG........

if you had to pick one person who do you think is the smartest person around here?

Smart is I.

Strangely enough, I can't answer that. There are too many really smart people on here. And I'm not even kidding.

Smart is relative to the subject.

for child raising tips and general advice... I vote Smunkee...
for fun and games. LG
For legal advice, Cat-Tribe.

ect...

Smart is relative to the subject.

for child raising tips and general advice... I vote Smunkee...
for fun and games. LG
For legal advice, Cat-Tribe.

ect...

Yeah, but is that what "smart" means? I thought "smart" = "intelligent", not "knowledgeable in a specific area".

I must admit I do consider Fass intelligent, though I also laugh at some of the things he comes out with. That silly Swede.

I think Vetalia is like one of the smartest people on NSG........

if you had to pick one person who do you think is the smartest person around here?

dunno, can't remember what sort of things vetalia has said so i couldn't comment on his intelligence. the nazz and sinuhue always struck me as very smart. and, risking sounding like a sychophant, you yourself seem like someone who is not exaggerating their IQ test results. when i first started on NSG i was impressed by upward thrust also.

I see alot of relatively intelligent influences on this board, given that it isnt marred and warped by unthoughtful bias. On that note, of the most reasonable people I've met- and thus equate with the most intelligent is Katganistan.

I see alot of relatively intelligent influences on this board, given that it isnt marred and warped by unthoughtful bias. On that note, of the most reasonable people I've met- and thus equate with the most intelligent is Katganistan.

oh yeh, kat's smart. and free soviets too.

so many of these people operate as teachers, makes me happy for the future of education.

well sort of. the vast majority of teahcers i know in RL are morons. but they're also old, so they'll retire soon.

I see alot of relatively intelligent influences on this board, given that it isnt marred and warped by unthoughtful bias. On that note, of the most reasonable people I've met- and thus equate with the most intelligent is Katganistan.

Your nose is brown. :p (j/k)


Honestly, no one here is as smart as MeansToAnEnd. He's a friggin' genius. Don't deny it.

I'd have to say Vetalia, but also Soheran despite his (her?) diametrically differing viewpoint to mine.

Most people on NS make me feel stupid. Bottle does so in particular, though. Also Vetalia.

Bodies Without Organs

Used to be TG, but now I'd say either Andaluciae or Aryavartha.

Aww, thanks guys...:)

Personally, I'd have to say that there are a ton of smart people on here and I couldn't pick any in particular; there's no real "smartest" person because we've got people who are extremely intelligent on particular subjects.

Right now, some of the best discussions I've had have been with Soheran, but that's only in regard to philosophy and discussions about epistemology. Others, like Cat-Tribe are great on things like tech or net neutrality, The Nazz is incredible on politics, and PsychoticDan and TacticalGrace are the biggest energy people on here.

I'm sure there are dozens more I could list, so don't feel bad if I don't mention you. :)

almost every time someone mentions a new name i agree. there's to many people i consider to be smarter than me on this forum. how could i forget bottle?

Oh, and the International Incidents crowd always makes me feel stupid too, with their mass repository of military knowledge, and the incredibly detailed weapon designs. It's somewhat frightening, having so many civilians who appear to know how to build a 5th gen fighter.

Oh, and the International Incidents crowd always makes me feel stupid too, with their mass repository of military knowledge, and the incredibly detailed weapon designs. It's somewhat frightening, having so many civilians who appear to know how to build a 5th gen fighter.

Correction: how to copy the stats off the internet and make the numbers bigger.

And, even if the II'ers are smart, 90% of them are terrible RPers.

Correction: how to copy the stats off the internet and make the numbers bigger.

And, even if the II'ers are smart, 90% of them are terrible RPers.
Look at the Macabees ol' Arca IV. That scares me.
Meh, I'd say a reasonable minority are good RPers. I can hardly talk, though, since I'm not a particularly brilliant RPer. Do you go to NationStates these days?

Look at the Macabees ol' Arca IV. That scares me.
Meh, I'd say a reasonable minority are good RPers. I can hardly talk, though, since I'm not a particularly brilliant RPer. Do you go to NationStates these days?

Nah, I'm still in II, but I stay away from MT/PMT/PT war RPs. I stick to FT and character RPs.

White Hats or Hotrods or Lacadaemon or Retroluddite Saboteurs.

Well, I would say Tactical Grace was one of the most intelligent posters until he left. Since then.. well I can't tell if Fass just has a quick wit, or is genuinely intelligent, or both. I suspect the lattermost. Otherwise, I would expect that the most intelligent poster would be one of the more understated ones, a lurker if you will.

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*lurks*

Strangely enough, I can't answer that. There are too many really smart people on here. And I'm not even kidding.

Yeah.

Yeah, but is that what "smart" means? I thought "smart" = "intelligent", not "knowledgeable in a specific area".

again, it's relative. A mathmatician will be smart with math, but lousy in chemstry... a chemist can be brilliant in the lab, but a total n00b on the computer... etc...

I think of intelligence not so much as your prowess within a given field of thought, so much as your raw intellectualising power (which can then be applied to any field). I also hold the opinion that 'intelligence' is too esoteric of a quality to accurately measure, and that once to get past a certain point, it truly becomes semantical and futile to compare. So, for example, who is smarter; Vetalia or Tactical Grace? It is a difficult and pointless judgement to make. Both posters are very intelligent, so much so that comparison becomes difficult. So, as Wheredoyouthinkyougoing so aptly pointed out, there are too many intelligent posters to designate a clearly superior one. This combined with my assertation that if there was a hypothetical supremely intelligent poster, he would probably be a lurker, indicatates that whatever the case, we can never know the smartest poster, but still may take comfort in the fact that we know there are many. [/verbosity]

Who is that person.. it's a guy.. erm.. I cannot think of his name.. oh! Yeah! Me!

*smacks self for stupid joke*


I don't know who's the smartest.. you're all smarter than me..

I'm not nearly the smartest NSer, but when it comes to the former state of Zaire, no one here is more knowledgeable than I.

AnarchyeL. I really need to stop getting into arguments with him... I lose. Every time.

Vetalia, Xenophobialand, Bodies Without Organs, and lots of others who I can't think of right now have impressed me too. There are a lot of really intelligent people on NS.

The smartest person would be all the people that left.:p :rolleyes:

Commie Catholics is teh Smart!

Yeah, but is that what "smart" means? I thought "smart" = "intelligent", not "knowledgeable in a specific area".

in that respect, i always thought Alien Born was particularly smart, but it could be that he was simply very good at debating, or that his debating style matched mine to make arguing with the dude difficult and fun. but he probably was 'smart'

other than him, there are of course tonnes of smart people on this forum... this is a forum for people interested (mostly) in debate and politics. i'm pretty sure that weeds out a lot of chavs and txt-speak moron noobs.



glitziness is of course wonderfully smart :) :fluffle: (iRL too! :eek: :p)
and i once got called "one of NS's genius'" :cool:

Oh, and the International Incidents crowd always makes me feel stupid too, with their mass repository of military knowledge, and the incredibly detailed weapon designs. It's somewhat frightening, having so many civilians who appear to know how to build a 5th gen fighter.
Maybe they don't know squat, but they hide it well?;)

Strangely enough, I can't answer that. There are too many really smart people on here. And I'm not even kidding.

Yeah, I agree with that. The bar is a lot higher here than it appears to be in general society.

Yeah, I agree with that. The bar is a lot higher here than it appears to be in general society.

NSG>general society.



Apart from the occassional troll.

NSG>general society.



Apart from the occassional troll.
You mean like George Bush, Kim Jong IL, Tony Blair, Israel and John Howard?
Bloody Trolls!